Richard Moll
Professor, Assistant Dean (Research)
PhD, University of Toronto; 1999
MA, University of Toronto; 1991
BA, York University; 1989
University College 4410
519 661-2111 ext. 85803
rmoll@uwo.ca
Research
My recent teaching has focused on the history of the English language and Middle English literature. In both contexts I try to encourage students to recognize and engage with both a language and a literary tradition that often feels foreign in terms of its aesthetic and ethical sensibilities. My research focuses on that tradition and the ways that canonical texts move through the Middle Ages as they are adapted and transformed through different languages, genres and time periods. I’ve worked on Arthurian literature and Ovid and am currently exploring the textual world of English heralds.
